American Studies
- Restaurant Republic The Rise of Public Dining in Boston 2016 Fall
- From plain food to luxury dining— the rise of eating out in the early Republic
- The Interface IBM and the Transformation of Corporate Design, 1945–1976 John Harwood 2016 Fall
- How a cast of superstars at IBM altered the face of corporate culture and design in America
- The Slumbering Masses Sleep, Medicine, and Modern American Life Matthew J. Wolf-Meyer 2016 Fall
- An eye-opening look at why a “good night’s sleep” might be anything but
- Living for Change An Autobiography Grace Lee Boggs 2016 Fall
- A remarkable life on the American Left.
- Human Programming Brainwashing, Automatons, and American Unfreedom Scott Selisker 2016 Fall
- The first cultural history of the idea of the programmable mind in U.S. culture, from the Cold War to the War on Terror
- The Servant Class City Urban Revitalization versus the Working Poor in San Diego David J. Karjanen 2016 Fall
- Exposes a dark side of the sunny city that has enticed workers and tourists for decades
- Dharma Lion A Biography of Allen Ginsberg Michael Schumacher 2016 Spring
- The expansive, authoritative biography of a Beat Generation leader—now with two new chapters
- The Fighting Frenchman Minnesota’s Boxing Legend Scott LeDoux 2016 Spring
- He battled boxing’s elite, but the real story lies in the way this Minnesota Rocky lived
- Farm Worker Futurism Speculative Technologies of Resistance Curtis Márez 2016 Spring
- How one of America’s key social movements led the way in using new media for justice
- Murray Talks Music Albert Murray on Jazz and Blues Albert Murray 2016 Spring
- Rare and previously unpublished work from an influential critic, cultural theorist, and champion of jazz
- Debates in the Digital Humanities 2016 Matthew K. Gold and Lauren F. Klein, Editors 2016 Spring
- If the publication of Debates in the Digital Humanities in 2012 marked the “digital humanities moment,” this book—the first in a series of annual volumes—will chart the possibilities and tensions of the field as it grows.
- Blood Sugar Racial Pharmacology and Food Justice in Black America Anthony Ryan Hatch 2016 Spring
- How contemporary biomedicine has shaped race and racism as America’s health disparities increase
- DIY Detroit Making Do in a City without Services Kimberley Kinder 2016 Spring
- When public services fail, neighbors step in to keep a city alive
- John Vassos Industrial Design for Modern Life Danielle Shapiro 2016 Spring
- The first biography of a renowned industrial designer and illustrator who shaped the look of modern technology
- Civil Racism The 1992 Los Angeles Rebellion and the Crisis of Racial Burnout Lynn Mie Itagaki 2016 Spring
- Examines how the preservation of civility comes at the expense of racial reconciliation and justice
- Claiming Place On the Agency of Hmong Women Chia Youyee Vang, Faith Nibbs and Ma Vang, Editors 2016 Spring
- A field-defining book that illustrates how Hmong scholarship might progress
- Speculative Blackness The Future of Race in Science Fiction André M. Carrington 2016 Spring
- Examines race through fanzines, Star Trek, comic books, and Harry Potter
- Our Gang A Racial History of The Little Rascals Julia Lee 2015 Fall
- Behind the scenes of The Little Rascals and the America that made them
- The Beginning and End of Rape Confronting Sexual Violence in Native America Sarah Deer 2015 Fall
- How to address widespread violence against Native women—practically, theoretically, and legally—from the foremost advocate for understanding and change
- Death beyond Disavowal The Impossible Politics of Difference Grace Kyungwon Hong 2015 Fall
- Women of color feminism should have a voice in all discussions of contemporary neoliberalism